Category: Islamic Months

Update: This is a Webinar I did last year… We all need reminders and I felt I needed to hear it for myslef too this year to get my act together… SO I am sharing a clipping from it here for all of you. First …..

(NOTE: this is from last year so you can see the old Logo)

WHAT IS THE RAMADAN PREP WITH KIDS WEBINAR ALL ABOUT ?

A very logical question many of you may have……..

How many times do we just fall into Ramadan, scrambling to manage all that we have to & would like to do. As mothers we sacrifice a lot of time for our kids, and other household duties on a daily basis. Many a times mothers feel they can’t gain as much from Ramadan as they need to fulfill the needs & demands of children, or keep children engaged in Ramadan.

In fact, in Ramadan mothers actually end up craving the “personal Ibadah time” even more, because they know it’s such small pocket of time for gaining EXTRA AJR & EXTRA HASANAT, and just like everyone less they would like to maximize it too!

This is something ALL MOTHERS can relate to. Depending on whats happening in our lives and the ages of our children, we find ourselves combating the SPIRITUAL LOW in Ramadan. I’ve been there…..many times! More, than I would have liked to be and it was mostly because, despite my wanting to I wasn’t able to prepare for Ramadan ahead of time. I didn’t know exactly what to do and what not to do. In Ramadan I wanted to feel:

more peaceful

more connected to Allah

more diligent in ibadah

more involved with kids in the spirit of Ramadan

Yet I would find myself feeling sad, sometimes even bitter for not being able to achieve what I would have liked to in Ramadan. I wan’t to help others not feel that way…… There is a solution. There is a guideline that we can follow as closely or as loosely as possible, given our own unique circumstances.

This webinar is for mothers, to enter Ramadan prepared and focused. It is not only a means of offering ideas, suggestions, reflections & activities to mothers to consciously involve their children in their preparation for Ramadan but also to enjoin their kids to be happily engaged & busy in the spirit of Ramadan, Beidhnillahi Ta’Allah.

If you relate to the above or know someone who needs it …… Watchthis clipping and share with others too.. Jazakallahi kahirun katheerah

Despite our attempt, our pre Ramadan planning didn’t fully materialize as far as activities are concerned Qadrallahu ma sha fa’al. We ended up just diving into Ramadan as LIFE continues to happen. We entered in a little sloppily but I want to catch up and make it up as much as I can…. Beidhnillah

Sharing an adorable coloring page for learning the Dua for Sighting the Moon be Iman’s Homeschool. So adorable Mashallah! May Allah reward the sister for sharing.

Back in 2011 when Lil Muallimah was a toddler, in an effort to get the kids excited about Ramadan I made a Ramadan Sensory Tub. What had been just a brain wave and ended up becoming a fun and enriching experience for all of us by the blessings of Allah.

I spread out an old bordered cloth in tupper ware. Then I made prayer mats & kufi with felt and hijab with left over cloth from an & torn, cloth baggy. Lil Muallim 2 & Lil Muallimah had become really excited seeing those… wondering what they were for. They even laid down the prayer mat and and held the kufi on their heads and made sujood saying: “Look I did it! I made the smallest sajdah ever!”

The idea of a “Ramadan Sesnsory Tub” is to get to talk about Ramadan, it’s importance, requirements and activities.

Ramadan Sensory Tub Contents:

crescent moon and masjid with shiny card stock

two prayer mats

a hijab and kufi

a date wrapped in cling wrap

an empty wooden case of a very tiny mushaf for “Quran”

coins to show we should give Zakat

a small canvas frame with “Allah” on it to discuss dhikr, remebrance of Allah and being concsious of Allah at all times

When I introduced it to Lil Mualliamh. We got to discuss quite a few things Alhumdolillah! I got to see how her understanding of things could be enhanced by each time we went through the sensory tub Inshallah…..especially the importance and need of Dhikr and Zakah.

All my Lil Muallims really liked the Sensory tub and the older ones found it very cute.

Sensory Tub Vocabulary Words

Allah

Ramadan (9th Islamic Month)

Quran

dhikr

tamr (date fruit)

kufi (head cover for boys)

hijab (head cover for girls)

sajjadah (prayer mat)

hilal (crescent)

masjid (mosque)

sadaqah (good deed)

khairat (charity)

zakat

and hopefully more as we go

This year I will be redoing this for Lil Muallim # 3, but in a different way… Stay tuned.